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AfterSchool Activities: Cuica Activity: What's Going On (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:30

The science behind this musical instrument, including the concepts of sound, vibration, resonance, and amplification.

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Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Sound Sandwich Activity: Introduction (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:24

An introduction to a crowd-pleasing noisemaker called a sound sandwich, which you can adjust to raise or lower its pitch.

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Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Sound Sandwich Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (clip)

Running Time:
00:02:32

A detailed demonstration of how to make this primitive wind instrument using little more than a straw, two craft sticks, and some rubber bands.

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Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Sound Sandwich Activity: What's Going On (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:48

The science behind this instrument, including a discussion of how vibration produces sound, and how long, massive objects vibrate slowly and produce a low-pitched sound, while shorter, less massive objects vibrate quickly and produce a high-pitched sound.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Water Bottle Membranophone Activity: Introduction (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:15

An introduction to an instrument much like a saxophone but made of a water bottle and a paper tube.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Water Bottle Membranophone Activity: Step-by-Step Demonstration (clip)

Running Time:
00:10:32

A detailed demonstration of how to make the saxophone-like membranophone, including a discussion of materials needed.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

AfterSchool Activities: Water Bottle Membranophone Activity: What's Going On (clip)

Running Time:
00:01:54

The science behind the water bottle membranophone, including a discussion of how air vibrates the instrument's membrane, producing sound.

Project: AfterSchool Activities | Browse All

Date: January 14, 2008
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science

Iron Science Teacher: Halloween Edition: Plastic Bags (webcast)

Running Time:
00:55:27

Watch as Exploratorium staff and local teachers compete for the title of Iron Science Teacher. Each contestant has 10 minutes to make a science lesson out of a secret ingredient. In this special Halloween edition, today's secret ingredient is: Plastic Bags!

Project: Iron Science Teacher | Browse All

Date: October 31, 2003
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science, Physics

Science Wire: Echo-Logic (webcast)

Running Time:
00:41:34

Produced by students from San Francisco's Aim High Program. Today they ask, how do our ears work? Can we communicate without words? How do whales communicate under water? Why don't bats slam into trees as they fly? Middle school students will interview Exploratorium Educator Ken Finn and Biologist Dr. Karen Kalumuck, plus special surprise guests!

Project: Science Wire | Browse All

Date: May 18, 2002
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology

West Coast Live: West Coast Live: October 10, 1998 (webcast)

Running Time:
1:58:50

This episode of Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live radio show explores the places where science and entertainment intersect. In this broadcast: Singer-songwriter John Gorka; Bert Grant, founder of Grant's Brewery; a view from the studio of artist Meredith Tromble; author of "Fisherman's Son" Michael Koepf.

Project: Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live | Browse All

Date: October 10, 1998
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts, General Science